Eye for dolls



D. PUDLIN.

EYE FOR DOLLS.

. APPLlCATION FILED JUNE 20. 1919.

1,330,? 18. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

INVENTOR A TTORNEYS limiting the rotation of the DAVID PUDLINQOF NEW YORK, N. Y:

YE' FOR DOLLS.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 20,1919. Serial No. 305,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID PUDLIN, a citizen of thefisUnited States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the -Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Eye for Dolls, of which the following'is a full, clear, and exact description. I "This invention relates to eyes for dolls "and has-for its main object to provide suitable means forrconnecting the eyes togetherin a novel, simple and inexpensive manner. Another object of this invention is the provision of .a rigidl metallic bridge or con- .necting piece for the eyes provided with slotted ends whereby the eyes are adjustable relatively laterally on the bridge.

- Another object is to provide. an elastic or spring headpiece rotatably attachedto the bridge piece. to permit of the automatic adjustment of the eyes to the inequalities of the eye sockets. Another object is to provide a convenient means for securely embedding the head-.

piece in the securing'means for such headpiece.

Another object is to provide means for eyes when in sleeping position. v Another object is to provide an eye carriage capable of being adapted to difl'erent widths ofeye sockets and elastically held.

' in position with such eye sockets.

The device proper comprises a rigid metallic bridge piece a provided with slotted ends inwhich the eyes are adjustabl'y held by suitable securing means. The. complete eye carriage constitutes'a spring headpiece rotatably attached to the bridge and a counstop for'limitinglthe rotation of hilt terweight'rigidly secured to the bridge, the counterweightr bar being provided with a the'eyes. Referring to t e drawing. Figure 'lrepresents a vertical sectional view of a dolls head of usual construction showing my device in operative relationship therewith and 1 v Figs. 2,3 and 4 represent respectively a front, rear-Land plan view of the device.

In the'drawing I have shown a dolls head 1 of ordinary construction to which I have adapted my particular device. The device comprises a bridge piece a for carrying the eyes, suchbridge piece being integrally constructed with a central bar 3 hav- Patented Feb. 10, 1920. I

arms 6 and 7 bearing slots 8 and 9 in which the eyes 10 and 11 are secured by means-0f set screws 12 and 13. The eyes 10 and 11 are preferably hollow spherical bodies and are held in position on the bridge piece a so that the centralbar 3 of the bridge piece a is in a line withtheir central diameter and forms their axis of rotation. The reason for this form of construction will be explained hereafter. The slots 8 and 9 in the bridge piece a permit of longitudinal adjustment of the eyes so that they may accommodate the various widths of eye sockets for heads ofvarious sizes.

The-bridge piece a is rotatably connected with a headpiece 14. This headpiece is constructedof resilient material and is adapted when secure in position to exert a spring pressure onthe bridge piece'a and hold the eyes under spring tension in their sockets." The headpiece 14 is provided with a large perforation 15 which acts to increase the elasticity of the metal of which the headpiece is constructed and at the same time affords a means whereby the cement used to secure the headpiece to the dolls head may penetrate and form a clamp over the edges of such perforation to more firmly secure the headpiece to the head.

The counterweight 16 is attached to a counterweight pendulum bar 17 which is rigidly secured tothe bridge. piece a and which is also provided with a stop 18 adapted to abut against the headpiece 14 when the eyes arein sleeping position and consequently maintaining the eyes by virtue of their spherical contour inv constant a'butment anyposition with the eye sockets of the head; in other words, the eyes being always under spring pressure automatically maintain their abutment with the eye sockets without any adjustment when oncethe bridge length is fixed.

Another important detailof this inventionlies in the sto construction which is attached tothe pen ulum bar 17.- The stop 18 is so arranged that when the eyes are in sleeping position practically all of the steam on the spring headpiece is removed and the pendulum is so placed that the eyes are forced tightly against their sockets by the @fidency of such pendulum to shift for ward the axis ofrotation of the eyes. It is-obvious that the details of construction of my device may be modified Without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a

1. The combination of a set of dolls eyes with a bridge piece and with resilient suspending means for' automatically maintaining the said eyes in operative position, counterpoise means operating in parallel with the eye axes, and means attached to the counterpoise means for relieving the ten? sion on the resilient means when the eyes are in sleeping position. 4

2. The combination of a set of dolls eyes, with a bridge piece, said bridge piece being provided with ofi'set arms carrying longitudinal slots for adjustably holding the eyes and so arranged that the axis of rotation of the eyes and bridge piece shall coincide, resilient means carrying the bridge piece and adapted to automatically maintainithe eyes therefor in their operative position.

3. The ombination of a set of dolls eyes, with a bridge piece, said bridge piece being provided with ofi'set arms carrying longitudinal slots for adjustably holding the eyes and so-arranged that'the axis of rotation of the eyes and bridge piece shall coincide, resilient means carrying the bridge piece and adapted to automatically maintain the eyes therefor in their operative position, said resilient means constituting a headpiece and being provided with a perforation to re- 40 ceive a fastening means to the head for holding the headpiece firmly in position.

DAVID PUDLIN. 

